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...shotgun satire of, among other things, the modern literary racket, from assembly line romances to academic criticism. Take, for example, Vidal's mock theory of après poststructuralism: "Corollary to the relative fictive law of absolute uniqueness is the simultaneity effect, which is to fiction what Miriam Heisenberg's law is to physics. It means that any character can appear, simultaneously, in as many fictions as the random may require." This is meant to explain why characters who die in Duluth can reappear in a TV show of the same name or a romance novel...
...DIED. Miriam Ottenberg, 68, investigative journalist for the Washington Star (1937-75) and winner of a 1960 Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles exposing the crooked techniques of used-car salesmen; of cancer; in Washington, D.C. Ottenberg would often impersonate a typical consumer, expose a fraudulent business, and then write about the laws that were instituted or adapted as a result. Said Robert Kennedy when he was Attorney General: "I sometimes think she is the secret head of the Justice Department...
...example. Miriam Schmir-who turns in a capable and convincing performance as Juliet's nurse-carries a gigantic qualified carryall overflowing with blankets. Messengers wear camping rack stacks. Juliet, Lady Capulet and the nurse confer across what appears to be an infinite breakfast table. formed by a portion of the stage which rises up under the plates...
Another representative, Miriam Cordozo '84, yesterday called it ironic that "the administration says we are such wonderful people, but they won't let us interact with the rest of the Harvard community...
...Dunster residents nominated were Miriam Cardosa '85, Nick Collarossi '85, Logam Evans '85, Jeanette Kelleher '83, Heidi Meyer '83, Paul Palmer '85, Mike Ricciuti '85, and Wallace Tang...